Crowdfunding and Games

Just hours ago, Ouya's Kickstarter campaign closed with over $8 million raised in one month. For those living under a rock, Ouya is an open source video game console that costs $99. They figured the best way to finance their little console was through a crowd funding site called Kickstarter. In their own words "Kickstarter is the world's largest funding platform for creative projects. Every week, tens of thousands of amazing people pledge millions of dollars to projects from the worlds of music, film, art, technology, design, food, publishing and other creative fields."
Crowd funding has provided developers alternate investment routes. And while it has worked with projects like Ouya, there is no guarantee that it will work for everyone.

No More "Woman in Games", Please.

Before you continue reading this post, close your eyes and imagine a "Gamer Girl".

Diablo 3 Review: The Good, The Bad and Inferno

Recently the expected has happened: Diablo has consumed me and there's almost no turning back. Almost.
And I say this because I've been playing for 2 weeks straight and in the last week Diablo 3 became a very different game that I no longer enjoy. Don't get me wrong, I'm still addicted; but I have this love/hate relationship that is driving me crazy.

Is that a bird? A plane? No! It's Mass Effect 3!

Bioware is throwing it out of the park with their amazing marketing for Mass Effect 3. From the dramalicious cinematic trailer to the very expensive looking live-action TV spot, they're making sure everyone knows ME3 is going to be VERY INTENSE.
But the purpose of this article is to fill you in with a really creative strategy that some of you may or may not have heard of: sending copies to space with weather ballons.
In Bioware's words: "To celebrate Commander Shepard’s war to take Earth back, Mass Effect 3 will be the first console game launched into Earth's upper atmosphere on a historic voyage. And you have a chance to take home a piece of that history(...) Track the packages on their flights and be the first to arrive at the landing zone to win an early copy of Mass Effect that has survived space travel".
Wanna know what happened to all copies?

3 Things That Would Ruin Mass Effect 3 For Me

I'm one of those that can't wait for Mass Effect 3, CAN'T WAIT! That means I will read everything I can find about it and go fan girl on Kaidan-related updates like this. Most the things I've seen, make me confident that it's going to be amazing, but there are some situations or scenarios that would break my heart if they happened.

Video games ARE art. Next topic, please!

Like Kellee Santiago says to introduce her speech: "I'm here to tell you that video games are art. Great! Let's move on".
There is a big misconception about video games that may never be clarified. Not all games are the same. My mom used to think that there were two types of games: Mario and others where you kill people. (That later changed with Left 4 Dead and created the category “others where you kill zombies”). Violent video games exist; they can look beautiful like Battlefield 3 or creepy and gory like Killing Floor. But just because SOME games have blood, curse words, critical combos and big boobs, doesn’t mean ALL of them do. 

Formula for success!

 Hey, it worked...

In a world where everything has been said and done, where media is transforming and the entertainment industries need to come up with new ideas to survive, it's hard for a newcomer to succeed. When it comes to videogames, it's pretty much the same.
But there are some people and companies who have beat the odds and made it to the top, and one of the is Rocksteady Studios.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

How to LAN party and not get (too) fat

Thanksgiving is coming and most of us have a long weekend ahead to play all day and night. But we all know what happens there: FOOD. Delicious and fatty food. Good thing this happens once a year... No, it doesn't. Christmas is the same thing a couple of months later. What's a gamer to do? If you absolutely can't exercise (which you TOTALLY should), at least you can try to eat better the rest of the year.

BF3 for first timers (and girls!)

Last night I played Battlefield 3 like most people, but I won't give you a review like most people. BF3 is my first multiplayer FPS ever. The 3 hours I have on Team Fortress 2 don't count at all.

If you want BF3 reviews because you can't get enough of Battlefield, the franchise you've been playing since you're 11 and taught you valuable life lessons like teabagging and how awesome the BF Vietnam soundtrack is, better go somewhere else.

But if what you want to play BF3 and have no idea if you should, this review is for you! (That rhymes, but the rest of the post won't)

Battlefield is out!

And with great reviews. I might write one of my own tonight. For now, I'll leave you with this.

Unrelated, but I thought it was cute. So everyone, be friends, stop complaining or shut up <3

Lady Gaga invented nothing

One of my favorite movies did.

If you still don't believe me, look at this page.

Blizzard is taking over

A couple of days ago was released the beta for StarCraft Universe, which will be playable through October 30th. SCU is a mod that allows you to control characters RPG style, and was called World of StarCraft. After a lot of demand and some legal issues, Blizzard is letting everyone test the game via Battle.net. You can learn more here, but this is not today's topic. (And no, we're not talking about the pandas either)

BF3 is coming

As you can see, BF3 is coming REALLY SOON. I'm very very excited and if the next video doesn't blow your mind, you are either dead inside or my mom.

SuperBetter introduction

Hello everyone! Welcome to my first blog.
Here you will find info on upcoming, new and old games. Also, you will find a bunch of random stuff that I like, and don’t get surprised if there are some dumb jokes about my League of Legends obsession. To prove this, here you have mini sprites of 2 of my favorite characters.